CRL.O.P.(MD) No. 6993 of 2019 · Madras High Court
Case at a glance
- Bench
- B PUGALENDHI
Outcome
Allowed
This Criminal Original Petition stands allowed and as a sequel, the
Provisions considered
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 s. 482
- Indian Penal Code, 1860 ss. 498(A), 506(ii)
- Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
Key paragraphs
- Para 55. This Criminal Original Petition stands allowed and as a sequel, the proceedings in Cr.No.6 of 2018, on the file of the first respondent Police, is quashed and the terms of Joint Memo of Compromise shall form part and parcel of this order. To
Judgment
!For Petitioners : Mr.P.Yasmin Begum ^For R~1 : Mr.K.K.Ramakrishnan, Additional Public Prosecutor For R~2 : Mr.K.Srinivasaragavan :ORDER The Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the proceedings in Cr.No.6 of 2018, on the file of the first respondent police, for the alleged offences under Sections 498(A) and 506 (ii) of IPC and Section 4o f Dowry Prohibition Act.
The case is still in the stage of investigation. By passage of time, the parties have decided to bury their hatchet and compromise the dispute amicably among themselves.
A Joint Memo of Compromise has been filed before this Court which have been signed by the petitioners and the second respondent and also by their respective counsel. The petitioners and the second respondent were also present in person before this Court and they were identified by respondent Police. This Court also enquired both the parties and was satisfied that the parties have come to an amicable settlement between themselves.
Under such circumstances, no useful purpose will be served in keeping the First Information Report pending, even though, the offences involved are not compoundable in nature. In the light of the guidelines given by the Hon-ble Supreme Court reported in 2017 9 SCC 641~(Parbathbhai Aahir @ Parbathbhai Vs. State of Gujrath), this Court in exercise of its jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C. quashes the Cr.No.6 of 2018.
Operative part
This Criminal Original Petition stands allowed and as a sequel, the proceedings in Cr.No.6 of 2018, on the file of the first respondent Police, is quashed and the terms of Joint Memo of Compromise shall form part and parcel of this order. To
The Inspector of Police, All Woman Police Station, Kumbakonam, Thanjavur District,
2. The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.
Questions this judgment answers
What did the Court decide in this case?
The Court recorded the following disposition: This Criminal Original Petition stands allowed and as a sequel, the
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 482; Indian Penal Code, 1860 — ss. 498(A), 506(ii); Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
This is a result about the indexed corpus, not a finding that the judgment remains good law. Coverage may be incomplete.